Karnataka polls 2018 modi, adityanath, rahul gandhi rallies today; updates

Karnataka polls 2018: Modi, Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi rallies today; updates

Karnataka polls 2018: Modi, Adityanath, Rahul Gandhi rallies today; updates on Business Standard. There is a fierce competition between BJP and Congress for Karnataka assembly elections 2018.

PM Modi and Yogi Adityanath set to hold rallies in Karnataka today. Catch Karnataka polls 2018 updates.

Latest News Karnataka election 2018 is seeing a fierce competition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday undertaking his third round of campaigning in the poll-bound state and Congress President Rahul Gandhi visiting Karnataka for an eighth time this year on the same day. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also campaign in Karnataka on May 3. Ahead of the May 12 Assembly election, Modi had launched his campaign blitzkrieg on Tuesday, with a blistering attack on the Congress party chief Gandhi and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Further, a day after Modi lavished praise on him at an election rally in Karnataka, Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda sought to play it down amid speculation of a BJP-JD(S) alliance or tacit understanding between the parties for the election.

His remark came after Modi lashed out at Gandhi for "insulting" Gowda, saying that it showed his "arrogance". Countering Modi's statement, the Congress said that its president had not shown any disrespect to Gowda.

BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa laid down the road map for his swearing-in, saying that he becoming chief minister was "inevitable" and

no one needed to have any doubt about it.

Meanwhile, the Congress accused Modi and the BJP of getting Yeddyurappa's name "cleared" in corruption cases through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and said that the 'Yeddy-Reddy' combine was seeking to return to power to "loot" and "plunder" the state. Accused in an alleged illegal mining scam, the three Reddy brothers -- Galli Karunakara, Janardhana, and Somashekhara -- had been brought back in business by the BJP in the current Karnataka polls, the Congress claimed.

While the political fight continued on the hustings, the BJP on Wednesday claimed before the Election Commission that the Congress was violating the electoral laws by allegedly seeking votes on communal grounds and deploying money power in Karnataka.

Here are the top 10 developments in the BJP and Congress' ongoing Karnataka Assembly election 2018 campaign:

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